Museum purchase, 1979.46.1 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society

The Obsequies of the Late Phineas T. Barnum, at Bridgeport

After a work byAfter photographs by von Glazer

PublisherPublished by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper American

Date1891

MediumWood engraving; printer's ink on wove paper Photomechanical reproductions; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/4 x 9in. (19.7 x 22.9cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 16 5/16 x 11 3/8in. (41.4 x 28.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionThree images of the funeral of Phineas T. Barnum. The upper image, a wood engraviing, shows Barnum's grave surrounded by a crowd of children and filled with flowers. A small vignette shows the open grave and the memorial monument. The lower image, a halftone, shows a hearse drawn by two white horses surrounded by a crowd of mourners, mostly men in bowler hats. A large brick church is in the background.

Object number1979.46.1

InscribedOn recto, upper center, above image, printed in black ink, "FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER"; below upper image, printed in black ink, "CHILDREN AT THE GRAVE."; below lower image, printed in black ink, "AT THE CHURCH DOOR. / CONNECTICUT--THE OBSEQUIES OF THE LATE PHINEAS T. BARNUM, AT BRIDGEPORT."; lower right, in pencil, accession number

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